Lewis County is 0-3 against Columbia Academy since May of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Lewis County Panthers will challenge the Columbia Academy Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m.
Lewis County is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They lost 10-1 to Jackson Christian.
Lewis County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Easton Moseley, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Columbia Academy came tearing into Tuesday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Panthers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 14-1. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won six contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Wyatt Ayers was a standout: he scored four runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Woodward, who went 2-for-4 with five RBI, one run, and one double.
Columbia Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .368 or higher in five consecutive games.
Columbia Academy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Lewis County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5-1.
Lewis County suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Columbia Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2018. Can Lewis County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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